nico's tunes are just another level of paranoid darkness. any other tunes of his like this? Damn Son is another mad multi layered monster of a tune. What an awesome piece of plastic this must have been in '97 !
Also you can check very dark mix "Ed Rush, Dillinja, DJ Krust - Bass Mix" on my channel. This is not my mix, I found it somewhere at the year 2001 probably. But the style/mood of the songs in the mix is similar to this one and Torque album.
Last time I did an all vinyl set, this was out of the bag. Still moves heads just as hard. Kids are like "is this a dubplate"? No... that's uh.... that's a record.
This is so much true... I got no words to express how much i am consumed by this simple jungle bits combined with darkest ambience... I can listen and re-listen this forever.... Etalon music... But etalon of the past...
this is the thing - anything cutting edge in 2023 - sounds like it should have been from Torque - so groundbreaking its influence - a lot of new Metalheadz releases feel like this..... not knocking it as late 90s techstep was peak DNB!
Torque was behind the times in 1997. The tunes on it had been on dubplate for ages. By the time Torque came out Optical and Matrix had completely changed the game and the No U Turn sound wasn't cutting edge anymore. Obviously, the tunes sound great now but Torque was not ahead of its time. August, Westside Sax, What's Up, and the other big tunes from 95 were ahead of the game.
@@MemoryLaneCinemaWere you there in '97? If you were, how could you disagree? It is exactly what happened. Ed Rush left No U Turn right after the release of Torque, Trace made one more record, and No U Turn became a much more under the radar and connoisseurs type label. The world went mad on Optical, possibly the most hyped artist that there has ever been in Drum and Bass and the sound completely changed, with the old well worn breaks disappearing and the use of synths becoming more prevalent, replacing the Reece Project bass. If you listen to Grooverider's Essential Mix from early 1997 the change is very clear. I am not knocking No U Turn - I own almost every record on that label up to that point and bought Torque when it came out. However, No U Turn led the way in 1995. Production became much more technical in 1996. Torque is a great record but it wasn't ahead of its time. No U Turn sounded like the future in 1995. A record like Metropolis sounded like the future in 1996 - a much more technically produced record. In 1997, the old Life Could break led tunes were disappearing, and the sound was changing to what would become known as Neurofunk. That was the cutting edge sound of 1997 and next to it, something like Torque sounded old. I am not saying it was inferior, it just wasn't the new in-thing at that time. We are judging the record now years later, but at the time Torque was not considered to be ahead of the curve because it wasn't. The No U Turn crew were on the crest of a wave in 1996 but it was obvious that the music was going in a different direction in 1997 and there weren't that many engineers with those kind of next level skills. Everyone jumped ship and started to work with Optical and within a year, the scene had upped their production game massively and the sound that Optical - and Matrix - had pioneered was pretty much the sound of dancefloor Drum and Bass.
G*ddamn i used to listen to Torque so much. All rollers but this one is verrry nice. Gonna have to get my subwoofer out. Spent about like 100 hours listening to that record sm*king w e e d ❤
For all the old skool techsteppers....who knows this one track that has a repeating sample saying "you will be destroyed." It sounds like a sample of a the Cybermen from a 1960's Doctor Who episode. It's a basic bare bones techstep track from circa 1998 that I heard on the radio in NYC. Might have been some dubplate biznezz.
One of my all time favorite tracks, and also the one that introduced me to techstep ! I really hope that it will get a full length digital uncompressed release one day, I'd pay quite a lot to get it... All I could find at the moment is a shorter 5m42s version from a live mix where it's layered with parts of other tracks from the set
Soooo lo every motherfkr's knuckles be dragging on the flo. Dear god, if you've ever heard this belter on a dark, sweaty laser slashed dance floor five hours into a monster dnb set, then you, my friend, have lived.
Brutal. The only thing I recall coming close to the heaviness of the No U Turn sound was Ram Trilogy, "System Error" "Mind Overload" being a good examples
It's a reflection of the cold, grey and miserable place the UK is, but there's something great about that. Listen to the album Untrue by Burial and you'll see what I mean :)
When the 'intro' clocks in at a little over 3 minutes, you know some serious stuff is about to go down!
One of the most badass track in dnb history
Nico the origin of techstep
Best track on Torque for me. Dark, dirty and paranoid. Taken from the soundtrack for a sci fi film yet to be made!
I know I'm quite off topic but does anyone know a good website to watch newly released series online ?
It kind of sounds like sound effects from Alien 1979 have been sampled 🤔 ive seen that film so many times that I feel certain 🤔
@@maynoon2 I think possibly The Thing 1982 was sampled also.
same! i wish nico did more tracks alone😢
40k sound system, 1 green lazer cutting through the smoke... amazing bit of work! Dark out with this....
nico's tunes are just another level of paranoid darkness. any other tunes of his like this? Damn Son is another mad multi layered monster of a tune. What an awesome piece of plastic this must have been in '97 !
Kinda late but check out 'still (VIP mix by dom and roland with optical)'
@@MYNAMACHEF that one is my all-time favorite along with genotype-extra terrestrial
Check "Dillinja - Silver Blade", "Technical Itch - Darkhalf". Absolute killers!
Also you can check very dark mix "Ed Rush, Dillinja, DJ Krust - Bass Mix" on my channel. This is not my mix, I found it somewhere at the year 2001 probably. But the style/mood of the songs in the mix is similar to this one and Torque album.
panacea - low profile darkness
Last time I did an all vinyl set, this was out of the bag. Still moves heads just as hard. Kids are like "is this a dubplate"? No... that's uh.... that's a record.
"Actually, Sonny, this grifter is 25 years old." ** Then complains about back pain **
Straight to the point. No hyperbole ! No U-Turn is the business
97 best year for dnb
They just don't make them like this anymore.
agreed, i fucking love techstep, but now it's something obscure that you don't see made anymore, very sad.
MadDifferentMethods everything is all nuero this nuero that now 🤦♂️🤦♂️
This is so much true... I got no words to express how much i am consumed by this simple jungle bits combined with darkest ambience... I can listen and re-listen this forever.... Etalon music... But etalon of the past...
Thank god it got made ;)
nothing like todays sterile atmosphere-lacking plastic sound...
Torque was ahead of it's time back in '97.
this is the thing - anything cutting edge in 2023 - sounds like it should have been from Torque - so groundbreaking its influence - a lot of new Metalheadz releases feel like this..... not knocking it as late 90s techstep was peak DNB!
Torque was behind the times in 1997. The tunes on it had been on dubplate for ages. By the time Torque came out Optical and Matrix had completely changed the game and the No U Turn sound wasn't cutting edge anymore. Obviously, the tunes sound great now but Torque was not ahead of its time. August, Westside Sax, What's Up, and the other big tunes from 95 were ahead of the game.
@@garethharrison5797 could not disagree more
@@MemoryLaneCinemaWere you there in '97? If you were, how could you disagree? It is exactly what happened. Ed Rush left No U Turn right after the release of Torque, Trace made one more record, and No U Turn became a much more under the radar and connoisseurs type label. The world went mad on Optical, possibly the most hyped artist that there has ever been in Drum and Bass and the sound completely changed, with the old well worn breaks disappearing and the use of synths becoming more prevalent, replacing the Reece Project bass. If you listen to Grooverider's Essential Mix from early 1997 the change is very clear. I am not knocking No U Turn - I own almost every record on that label up to that point and bought Torque when it came out. However, No U Turn led the way in 1995. Production became much more technical in 1996. Torque is a great record but it wasn't ahead of its time. No U Turn sounded like the future in 1995. A record like Metropolis sounded like the future in 1996 - a much more technically produced record. In 1997, the old Life Could break led tunes were disappearing, and the sound was changing to what would become known as Neurofunk. That was the cutting edge sound of 1997 and next to it, something like Torque sounded old. I am not saying it was inferior, it just wasn't the new in-thing at that time. We are judging the record now years later, but at the time Torque was not considered to be ahead of the curve because it wasn't. The No U Turn crew were on the crest of a wave in 1996 but it was obvious that the music was going in a different direction in 1997 and there weren't that many engineers with those kind of next level skills. Everyone jumped ship and started to work with Optical and within a year, the scene had upped their production game massively and the sound that Optical - and Matrix - had pioneered was pretty much the sound of dancefloor Drum and Bass.
@@garethharrison5797 I was there from the beginning mate.
Killa! The epitome of techstep.
Tune was sent from heaven
Sounds more like hell to me. Wherever it’s from, it’s incredible.
G*ddamn i used to listen to Torque so much. All rollers but this one is verrry nice. Gonna have to get my subwoofer out. Spent about like 100 hours listening to that record sm*king w e e d ❤
This track would sit anywhere in new dnb today so ahead of its time.
and the fact that "new" dnb is crap. The 90s was it mate.
@@MemoryLaneCinema best years man some incredible atists and material
Lo. Nasty. Unrecouperable, FK. Underground forever. X
badass classic
Pulverising all opposition
genius
Long live Nico !
wish this was on the cd, goddamn
@Bedolla Villalobos Urickh yeah i forgot about that. just wished it was full length tho
@@NFMHACKERS naughty
For all the old skool techsteppers....who knows this one track that has a repeating sample saying "you will be destroyed." It sounds like a sample of a the Cybermen from a 1960's Doctor Who episode. It's a basic bare bones techstep track from circa 1998 that I heard on the radio in NYC. Might have been some dubplate biznezz.
Up at the very top of spooky tunage ever real sci tension
CRUSHING!!!!
I bought the album just for this one plate......
Nico is in my top 5
fabulous
Sublime beats. Wish this catchy TUNE went on forever 😍
Hi-tech!!! Steppin
brilliant stuff
Nice bit of art
Fckng Awesome ain't the word.....a behemoth of a tune in every way...love this...one of me best D&B vinyl's. 🤟😃🤟
One of my all time favorite tracks, and also the one that introduced me to techstep !
I really hope that it will get a full length digital uncompressed release one day, I'd pay quite a lot to get it... All I could find at the moment is a shorter 5m42s version from a live mix where it's layered with parts of other tracks from the set
I've got a copy of this on vinyl geezer. I will never part with it tho. Hard as hell belter of a tune..I agree
bad 2 the bone
Best vinyls i own.
Du génie mécanique•√•
Proud owner of this PHENOMENAL LP, this track being one of my favourites. Whole LP is a mean son of a bitch.
Sicky song 🙌
Sick!
Me say me stumbled on to dis but Jah no let ini stumbled
seen
Blessed my lard
If you just know this fukn tune, youre fukn hard!
jesus what a stupid comment
@@MemoryLaneCinema why bring jesus into the matter :x
Soooo lo every motherfkr's knuckles be dragging on the flo.
Dear god, if you've ever heard this belter on a dark, sweaty laser slashed dance floor five hours into a monster dnb set, then you, my friend, have lived.
ruthless
Got two copies of this lp.. propper strange ways selection
class
Mandooooooo
🔥🔥🔥
This shit is so dope!
4 minutes 20 seconds says it all really
🔥🔥🔥⬆️⬆️⬆️🔥🔥🔥
Brutal. The only thing I recall coming close to the heaviness of the No U Turn sound was Ram Trilogy, "System Error" "Mind Overload" being a good examples
Oh and "Chaos Edit" by Known Unknown
Check out Twisted anger , woodsnake😉let me know what you think
@@crypttrader6806 noice!... cheers. Will check out more on that album, looks good
@@chrisnewcastle61 welcome, I believe twisted anger was Ray Keith, anyway hell of an album , blew up some speakers with it😅
@@crypttrader6806 it mentions Danny Curtis and Mike Pears in discogs but certainly Ray was on that Breakage album. All good stuff. Cheers
Original Drum and Bass
this was tech step
@@MemoryLaneCinema Still d'n'b though ;-)
Sounds like aphex twin
Devilish sounding. Makes me not wanna put it on during dark mysterious pathways that usually have ghost children when u stop on the road lmao
Pure Filth !!!
I pressed wrong button, but I Found This Tune again , don't you just hate that lol
this track can turn blood into oil
What do they eat over at the UK to make stuff like this? Fantastic
H. Vis. If you find out, forward me the meal plan! God this stuffs’ great
It's a reflection of the cold, grey and miserable place the UK is, but there's something great about that. Listen to the album Untrue by Burial and you'll see what I mean :)
Eccy's
whole hogs
curry
i have u turn back catalog, and white labels i never got the name... basement record daze..legend oxford kru
Mix acid track into this on a double drop ting
oh shit
this tune is fucked
DARK AS FUCK
i feel shy to just add comment on this!
who can elp me id
Too dark park!!!!!
Nah .. sorry , modern dnb / junge is nothing compared to years 1996 to about 2006 , you feel these old tunes proper
Theres no funk in modern dnb
@@jrellhrel6538 Total Science would be one of the few exceptions.
The Thing and Alien samples